COURT OF JEWELS This week STALLIONS looks at the deeds of Court Of Jewels. Court Of Jewels produced his first winner when his daughter Regally Red beat a field of boys’ in a Ballarat Maiden on Sunday, July 7th and she did the job in grand style. The Perugian had controlled the pace from the start with Regally Red settling in fourth. Peeling out three wide on the turn she challenged The Perugian at the 300m with both juveniles getting away from the rest of the field. She got the better of The Perugian to go on and claim her maiden victory at her seventh start by 1-1/2 lengths. Regally Red races in Mr Tong’s Black, Lilac Diamonds and White Sleeves colours and she is trained for him by David Hayes out of his Flemington yard. She must have impressed Hayes early as she began her racing career last Christmas kicking off with a second placing at Caulfield over 1100m. At her next start at Flemington she was dropped back to a 1000m down the famous straight course and got to the line very well finishing fourth. Given a summer break she has has since returned to racing facing the starter another four times before her victory on Sunday. With now more than $26,000 in the bank she has kicked Swettenham Stud’s Court Of Jewel’s off with his first winner. Court Of Jewels is an imposing type standing 16.1 hands, he has an impeccable pedigree and is one of Danehill’s 346 stakes winners. Out of the winning Sir Tristram mare Nine Carat which makes Court Of Jewels a three-quarter brother to the successful stallions, Danewin and Commands. Nine Carat is out of the legendary Eight Carat (by Pieces of Eight) and is a sister to Kaapstad. She is also a three-quarter sister to Australian Champion racehorse and successful sire Octagonal and his triple Group I winning brother Mouawad (by Zabeel). To top all that she is also a three-quarter sister in blood to the successful race and broodmare, Tristalove who in turn is the dam of the Group I AJC Spring Champion Stakes winner Viking Ruler and his full-sister Chimeara, a multiple winning stakes placed mare and the dam of the Group I STC Rosehill Guineas hero De Beers (by Quest For Fame). Nine Carat is also a three-quarter sister in blood to Antwerp the dam of triple Group I winning Viscount (by Quest For Fame) and the Group I placed Dangerous (by Danehill). She is also a half-sister to Marquise (by Gold And Ivory), dam of the Group I winning Shower of Roses (by Zabeel) and Diamond Lover (by Sticks And Stones), who in turn is the dam of the Group I AJC Derby winner, Don Eduardo (by Zabeel) and dual Group I winning, Tristalove (by Sir Tristram). Other luminaries featuring close up in the pedigree of Court Of Jewels include Peruzzi, Diamond Like, Emerald Dream, Special Bond, Helsinborg, Impaler, Taimana, Philidor, Habibti, Knesset, Great Klaire, St Klaire, Telesto, Bonanova, Fraternity, Lucida, Kakakakatie and Flora Danica. As a racehorse Court Of Jewels kicked off his racing career as a two-year-old with a fifth placing at Warwick Farm and broke his maiden at his next start with a two-length win at Rosehill. A short campaign followed in the autumn when he recorded his first black-type placing, finishing third in the Listed Darby Munro Quality Stakes (1300m) behind the slick Century Kid. He was transferred to Melbourne for the following spring and Court Of Jewels had three starts in good company performing consistently. Trainer Tony McEvoy returned him to South Australia for his next campaign and Court Of Jewels won two in a row including the Listed Vannellus Stakes by two lengths. Returning to Victoria, he finished second in the Heatherlie Hcp (1700m) and then he collected another win over that trip at Flemington. Facing the starter another half-dozen times Court Of Jewels campaigned in Queensland, Victoria and South Australia without much luck but never far away he was retired after suffering from a bout of cholic. Court Of Jewels stands at Swettenham Stud where his service fee this spring is $5,500.00 (inc gst) alongside Bianconi, Dash For Cash, Hold That Tiger, Host, Keep The Faith and Soldier’s Tale.
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